Extractions: Hall of Fame Plaque One of the Hall of Fame's five original inductees in 1936, Honus Wagner combined rare offensive and defensive excellence throughout a 21-year career. Despite his awkward appearance  stocky, barrel chested and bow-legged  the longtime Pirates shortstop broke into the big leagues by hitting .344 in 1897 with Louisville, the first of 17 consecutive seasons of hitting over .300, including eight as the National League batting champion, compiling a lifetime average of .329. The "Flying Dutchman" also stole 722 bases and led the league in thefts on five occasions. Did you know ... that in 1905, Honus Wagner became the first baseball player to have his signature branded into a Louisville Slugger baseball bat?

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Extractions: The Tale of the $640,000 Baseball Card by Mik McLeod In 1996, a 1910 "Honus" Wagner T-206 card sold for an incredible $640,000 to investor Michael Gidwitz of Chicago. How, you ask? Or rather, why would anyone pay that huge sum? Wagner, "The Flying Dutchman," was a great shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates, hitting 101 home runs between 1897-1917 - out hit by only eight other players. While scarcity of the card contributed to its price, it was not the deciding factor. According to the Society for American Baseball Research, there are at least 58 cards in circulation. But this card is the only known mint condition Honus card, and it has a unique story to tell. Even before the Honus Wagner card began selling for big bucks, mystery surrounded it. Some say Wagner had the tobacco card pulled off the market because he neither smoked nor chewed tobacco. He reportedly did not like the image it portrayed. Others have said Wagner chewed tobacco but pulled the card because the tobacco company didn't pay him a royalty. Either way, the move limited the number of Honus tobacco cards and drove up the price. But the card's story gets better. In 1991, the card came into the hands of "The Great One," Wayne Gretzky, and LA Kings hockey team owner Bruce McNall who jointly purchased it at auction for $451,000. After McNall went bankrupt in 1994, Gretzky coughed up another $225,000 to become its sole owner.

Extractions: Support Baseball Almanac - Visit One Sponsor Each Visit Advertising Downloads Feedback Newsletter ... Year In Review "I won't play for a penny less than fifteen hundred dollars" - Honus Wagner B aseball Almanac is pleased to present an unprecedented collection of baseball related quotations spoken by Honus Wagner and about Honus Wagner. Honus Wagner Quotations From Honus Wagner "I don't want my picture in any cigarettes, but I also don't want you to lose the ten dollars, so I'm enclosing my check for that sum." "In all my years of play, I never saw an ump deliberately make an unfair decision. They really called them as they saw 'em." "I never have been sick. I don't even know what it means to be sick. I hear other players say they have a cold. I just don't know what it would feel like to have a cold - I never had one." "I won't play for a penny less than fifteen hundred dollars" "There ain't much to being a ballplayer, if you're a ballplayer." "Things were changing fast by that time, women were beginning to come to the ball parks. We had to stop cussing." Quotations About Honus Wagner "Acknowledging that there may have been one or two whose talents were greater, there is no one who has ever played the game that I would be more anxious to have on a baseball team." - Bill James

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Extractions: THE FINE ART OF BASEBALL Fine Art Works by Robert W. Cox Fine Baseball Art Robert W. Cox, the renowned artist from South Carolina, has received much acclaim for his "The Fine Art of Baseball" prints consisting of Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams, Joe Dimaggio, Walter Johnson, Lou Gehrig, Honus Wagner and Nap Lajoie. These limited number High Quality prints are available for sale by calling The Fine Art of Baseball Toll Free at 1(877)787-4600 or on-line. Online purchases, through our Secure Server, are discounted. Each print is personally Signed and Numberd by the Artist. When presented with one of Cox's original prints to be signed at his final show(Atlantic city, 1994) Mickey Mantle was quoted as saying "This is the best I've ever seen." Reprinted from Legends Sports Memorabilia Magazine A Look at what's new in the World of Sports Memorabilia and Collectibles The Fine Art of Baseball Robert W. Cox has published a work entitled, "The Fine Art of Baseball." The fine art printmaker from Columbia, South Carolina, produced these fine art lithographs of only the top all-time greats of baseball. So far only Honus Wagner, Nap Lajoie, Walter Johnson, Ted Wiliams, Mickey Mantle, Lou Gehrig and Joe Dimaggio are completed in the 14 x 17 inch limited edition lithograph series.

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Extractions: The man many consider the best all-around player in baseball history, Honus Wagner escaped the coal mines of Pennsylvania to become a baseball legend. John McGraw said of him: "I believe he could have been the number one player at any position he might have selected." In the 1909 World Series, "The Flying Dutchman" outplayed American League counterpart Ty Cobb as the Pirates won their first championship. Wagner retired with more hits, runs, RBI, doubles, triples, games, and steals than any other National League player.

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Extractions: Select Library Area: Ask a Librarian Careers at CLP Computer Classes Directions Employment Genealogy/History Homework Help Hours Kids' Site Library Subject Guide Locations Renew a Book Request a Book Research Databases Resource Guide Search Subject Departments Support the Library Teens' Site John Peter "Honus" Wagner , "The Flying Dutchman," Charter member baseball's Hall of Fame, 1936. BORN: 24 February 1874. DIED: 6 December 1955. BURIED: "Saga" from the Bulletin Index 7 September 1939. The late John J. McGraw thought Honus Wagner was baseball's greatest player, and so thinks many another oldtimer today. Few years ago baseball scribes reverently passed bowlegged Pirate Wagner into baseball's Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, N. Y., making him first, along with Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth, to cross the threshold of diamond immortals. Nor is Honus Wagner without honor in his own city. "Wagner Days" were common in 1902, 1903, 1909, years when the Flying Dutchman and the Pirates were bowling over the rest of the National League. There was a Wagner Day all over the circuit when he stepped out of active, major-league playing harness in 1917, and another day of kudos when he returned to the Pirates as a coach in 1932. Wagner Day this weekSaturdaymay or may not be the last to find Honus in active service. He is 65 and silver-haired now, and has made a living out of baseball for 50 years. John Peter Wagner, born in Carnegie (then Mansfield) of German extraction, played on sandlot teams as a youngster, along with his four brothersAlbert reached the majors, had a long professional career as a shortstopand first made a name for himself with St. Luke's in the Allegheny County League.

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Extractions: The man many consider the best all-around player in baseball history, Honus Wagner escaped the coal mines of Pennsylvania to become a baseball legend. John McGraw said of him: "I believe he could have been the number one player at any position he might have selected." In the 1909 World Series, "The Flying Dutchman" outplayed American League counterpart Ty Cobb as the Pirates won their first championship. Wagner retired with more hits, runs, RBI, doubles, triples, games, and steals than any other National League player.

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Extractions: Honus Wagner biography John Peter Wagner was born in Carnegie, Pennsylvania on February 24, 1874. He was one of nine children born to Catherine and Peter Wagner. Peter Wagner, an immigrant from Bavaria, worked in the coalmines to support his family. From the age 12 until age 16, Wagner worked in the mines with his father. At age 16, Wagner left the mines to work briefly for his brother Charley, who had a barbershop. Wagner's passion was baseball and his brother Al got him a shot with Steubenville, Ohio's team in the Tri-State League. Wagner was an outfielder and was paid $35 per month. He was an instant success and advanced to Patterson, New Jersey in the Atlantic League where he caught the eye of Louisville, Kentucky - then a member of the National League. Louisville managed to buy Wagner's contract from Patterson for $800. Wagner began his major league career as an outfielder for Louisville in 1897 and hit .338 that year. When the Louisville franchise folded following the 1899 season, owner Barney Dreyfuss bought Pittsburgh and asked Wagner to go with him. Wagner went to Pittsburgh and became one of the greatest Pirates ever. He hit .381 in 1900 and won his first of eight National League batting titles. Wagner helped the Pirates win three consecutive National League pennants in 1901, 1902, and 1903. bodyOffer(1094) In 1903, Wagner finally became a full-time shortstop after playing all over the field for many years. That year he helped the Pirates to win the first World Series ever played and picked up a batting title of his own. Wagner was bow-legged and stocky so he didn't look like an average shortstop. His opponents were amazed with his defensive skills. Wagner topped the National League in doubles seven times, in slugging six times, in RBIs five times, and in stolen bases five times. In 1909, Wagner helped the Pirates win yet another pennant. The Pirates also won the World Series Championship in 1909 after beating the Detroit Tigers in seven games.

Extractions: For 56 years, Wagner was a fixture in Pittsburgh, as a player for 17 years and as a coach for 39 more. In that time, Wagner was the first player to have his signature on a Louisville Slugger (1905), had his face put on an early baseball card that is now worth more than $100,000 (1909), served as a sergeant at arms for the Pennsylvania state legislature (1929), became one of the first five players elected to the Hall of Fame (1936), and, seven months before he died, saw a statue of himself erected outside Forbes Field . When he died, Branch Rickey declared that Wagner was the greatest player he had ever seen.